Agricultural Extension and Education
Mortrza Yaqubi; Ali Sardar Shahraki; Alireza Karbasi
Abstract
Although Sistan and Baluchestan Province is renowned for its handicrafts and has the potential to contribute significantly to the local economy, the industry has not yet met expectations. The downturn in demand in the handicraft market has not only eroded the incentive to enter this industry, ...
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Although Sistan and Baluchestan Province is renowned for its handicrafts and has the potential to contribute significantly to the local economy, the industry has not yet met expectations. The downturn in demand in the handicraft market has not only eroded the incentive to enter this industry, but also made some people unemployed in this area and had other side effects, such as an increase in rural-to-city migration and the lack of production of some handicrafts. In this regard, the purpose of this study is to evaluate and rate barriers to market development in the handicraft cooperatives of this province. The present research is applied and quantitative and the required information has been extracted using questionnaires and interviews with activists and experts of this field in Sistan and Baluchestan province. A total of 40 questionnaires were collected in 2022 and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results show that the limited holding of national or international exhibitions of handicrafts, investors' unwillingness to invest in handicrafts due to restrictive mechanisms and inadequate public propaganda to recognize the effects of handicrafts (especially tourists) are the most important barriers to the development of handicraft market are. The lack of design and use of integrated and scientific marketing systems for selling products by manufacturing companies, and the inability to sell handmade products directly by manufacturers, are also serious barriers to the lack of development of the province's handicraft market. However, the mismatch of provincial handicraft production with consumer tastes, diversity and product attractiveness is not a serious obstacle to the development of crafts markets.
Economics
Mohamad Rastegar; davood kiakojouri; Mohamad Javad TaghiPourian; Mohamad Mehdi Pourpasha
Abstract
Although one of the main principles of cooperatives is cooperation principle, cooperation section will face serious issues in free economic due to the lack of competitive structures. The main purpose of this study was to explain the factors affecting the competitiveness of cooperatives using a hybrid ...
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Although one of the main principles of cooperatives is cooperation principle, cooperation section will face serious issues in free economic due to the lack of competitive structures. The main purpose of this study was to explain the factors affecting the competitiveness of cooperatives using a hybrid approach. Using this approach, the findings of internal and external studies were systematically examined using the seven-step method of Sandowski and Barso. Out of 232 articles searched in this field, 43 articles were selected and based on that, competitive maps were identified and extracted. Based on three-step coding in MAXQDA software, these factors were analyzed and categorized into one main category and seven core codes. Kappa index was used to measure the reliability and quality control of the present study. The kappa coefficient calculated was equal to 0.906, which is at the level of excellent agreement. According to this study, the results showed that all seven principles of cooperation affect the competitiveness of this sector. Attention and the need to review the principles and emphasize the loyalty of cooperatives to them in order to preserve their identity, can be a powerful tool to create and maintain a sustainable competitive advantage of cooperatives.
